Table 4.
Unadjusted Pooled Interventions Versus Standard of Care Risk Ratios for Baseline Characteristics, Retention in Care Study (N = 1838)
| Variable | Visit Constancy, % |
Visit Adherence, % |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC and EC + Skills Intervention Armsa, % (No.) | Standard of Care Arm, % (No.) | Risk Ratio (95% CI) | EC and EC + Skills Intervention Arms, % (No.) | Standard of Care Arm, % (No.) | Risk Ratio (95% CI) | |
| Overall (N = 1838) | 55.7 (1225) | 45.7 (613) | 1.22 (1.10–1.35) | 71.7 (1212) | 67.2 (606) | 1.07 (1.04–1.10) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male (n = 1158) | 53.4 (778) | 43.0 (380) | 1.24 (1.09–1.42) | 72.5 (770) | 68.9 (375) | 1.05 (1.02–1.09) |
| Female (n = 665) | 59.7 (437) | 50.7 (228) | 1.18 (1.02–1.37) | 70.4 (432) | 65.1 (226) | 1.08 (1.03–1.13) |
| Age group, y | ||||||
| 18–39 (n = 560) | 46.0 (365) | 42.6 (195) | 1.08 (.89–1.32) | 66.7 (850) | 63.9 (410) | 1.04 (.99–1.10) |
| ≥40 (n = 1275) | 59.8 (859) | 47.1 (416) | 1.27 (1.13–1.43) | 73.6 (361) | 68.7 (194) | 1.07 (1.04–1.10) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Black (n = 1262) | 55.9 (853) | 44.7 (409) | 1.25 (1.10–1.43) | 70.1 (846) | 65.5 (406) | 1.07 (1.03–1.11) |
| White (n = 235) | 46.5 (159) | 43.4 (76) | 1.07 (.79–1.46) | 75.6 (156) | 72.7 (73) | 1.04 (.96–1.12) |
| Other race (n = 53) | 63.6 (33) | 35.0 (20) | 1.82 (.95–3.48) | 74.5 (32) | 66.0 (20) | 1.13 (.96–1.33) |
| Hispanic (n = 288) | 62.0 (180) | 52.8 (108) | 1.17 (.95–1.44) | 76.1 (178) | 71.3 (107) | 1.07 (1.00–1.14) |
| Patient type | ||||||
| Newa (n = 526) | 50.3 (352) | 43.7 (174) | 1.15 (.94–1.40) | 71.7 (869) | 67.8 (437) | 1.06 (1.00–1.12) |
| Established (n = 1312) | 57.9 (873) | 46.5 (439) | 1.24 (1.11–1.40) | 71.7 (343) | 67.0 (169) | 1.07 (1.04–1.10) |
| Unmet needs, last 6 mo | ||||||
| Yes (any) (n = 761) | 49.1 (523) | 47.5 (238) | 1.04 (.88–1.21) | 69.2 (693) | 67.5 (370) | 1.03 (.98–1.07) |
| No (none) (n = 1077) | 60.5 (702) | 44.5 (375) | 1.36 (1.20–1.54) | 73.6 (519) | 67.0 (236) | 1.10 (1.06–1.14) |
| Any illicit drug use, last 3 mo | ||||||
| Yes (n = 341) | 44.9 (227) | 46.5 (114) | 0.97 (.76–1.23) | 63.6 (224) | 62.8 (113) | 1.01 (.94–1.09) |
| No (n = 1497) | 58.1 (998) | 45.5 (499) | 1.28 (1.15–1.43) | 73.7 (988) | 68.3 (493) | 1.08 (1.05–1.11) |
| On antiretrovirals | ||||||
| Yes (n = 1437) | 57.2 (963) | 46.6 (474) | 1.23 (1.10–1.37 | 72.5 (954) | 67.9 (468) | 1.07 (1.03–1.10) |
| No (n = 401) | 50.0 (262) | 42.5 (139) | 1.18 (.94–1.48) | 68.9 (258) | 65.3 (138) | 1.06 (.99–1.12) |
| Baseline CD4 count, cells/µL | ||||||
| ≥350 (n = 1013) | 58.1 (668) | 49.9 (345) | 1.17 (1.03–1.32) | 73.9 (662) | 69.5 (341) | 1.06 (1.03–1.10) |
| <350 (n = 707) | 55.1 (477) | 43.0 (230) | 1.28 (1.08–1.52) | 69.9 (475) | 66.3 (229) | 1.05 (1.01–1.10) |
| Baseline viral load | ||||||
| Suppressedb (n = 1005) | 58.6 (659) | 50.6 (346) | 1.16 (1.02–1.31) | 74.9 (651) | 71.9 (341) | 1.04 (1.01–1.08) |
| Not suppressed (n = 768) | 51.2 (522) | 40.7 (246) | 1.26 (1.06–1.50) | 67.7 (518) | 62.1 (246) | 1.09 (1.04–1.14) |
| Insurance | ||||||
| Private (n = 253) | 54.3 (162) | 56.0 (91) | 0.97 (.77–1.22) | 79.4 (161) | 77.2 (88) | 1.03 (.96–1.10) |
| Medicare (n = 360) | 61.7 (227) | 42.9 (133) | 1.44 (1.15–1.80) | 74.2 (226) | 64.9 (132) | 1.14 (1.07–1.22) |
| Medicaid (n = 736) | 61.6 (502) | 50.0 (234) | 1.24 (1.07–1.44) | 70.6 (499) | 66.2 (233) | 1.07 (1.02–1.11) |
| Other/Ryan White (n = 456) | 46.4 (312) | 37.5 (144) | 1.21 (.95–1.55) | 68.9 (305) | 67.0 (144) | 1.03 (.97–1.10) |
Cells do not add to arm totals because of missing data on age, sex, CD4 cell count, and baseline viral load.
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; EC, enhanced contact.
a Intervention arms combined because of similarity on the study outcomes.
b Less than or equal to 200 copies/mL.